Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1887-12-29

mrs. c. NJ. w. BlalSeslIec and Miss
Blakeslee are passing the holiday
week at their old home in Dimon-
dale, and Lansing.
j. N. Finn made flying trip to
Detroit last week. Some of his
friends imagined he had gone to
Washington, as Dons' LIST. assistant.
The incest Jewelry Case ever
brought to Grayling, is at James.
Congressman Fisher informs us that
he will send supply of field and gar
den seeds to the readers of the AVA
LANcHE, upon application to him by
letter at Washington City, ID. G,
MARRIED. AT Roscommon on Dec.
16. 1887. William 4. Church. of Rich
field, Ohio, and Miss Estella Il. Pear
sail, of South Branch. Mich. Rev. J.
II. Curnalia officiating. RIOS. Ne,os.
The Grayling Cornet Band will
Igiye a Social Dance at the Opera
House, next Saturday Evening, the
3lst, to which all are invited. Tick
cts so cents.
Something new at James, Hatrack
and Whisk Broom Holder combined
elegant and cheap. Call and get one.
The Sunday School at Frederic,
had an immense time at their Christ
mas tree, Saturday evening. Every
body was there and all enjoyed the
occasion.
Rev. Mr.. Birdsall, (Nethodist),
from Tuscola county, is now located
at Frederic, and holds regular service
at the school-house every Sunday,
morning and evening.
Men's.Silk Plush Embroidered Slip
pers are just the thing for the ladies to
present their husbands with. on Christ
mas or New Years morning. McCul-
Tough has them.
+. L. Barker, of Frederic, was in
town last Tuesday to meet several of
the township treasurers and pay the
taxes on the railroad lands of this
county.
Those plush work boxes Mt James
and plush Toilet Sets are all sold but
new invoice will arrive by express to-
night
Justice Mcintyre has one half of
copy of Meals Saturday Gazette,
published in lS4S at Philadelphia,
to which his father was a subscriber.
1t looks quite ancient.
The Ladies Society of the M.
e. Church will give a social at the
residence of J. G. Evans, tomorrow
evening. All are cordially invited
to attend.
The Pablo Herald, OF Philadelphia,
published by Lum Smith, continues to
pour hot shot into all sorts of fraud.
d is i ter terror t. the ari@i9sl class and
and public.
Mrs. G. f. Kelly, of Frederic,
took advantage of the low fare this
week to visit sister at Cleveland,
Ohio.
A Finlander with an unpronouncea-
BILE name was arrested last Saturday
evening for being drunk and disorder
lily. On Monday lie was brought be-
fore Justice Taylor and fined Is dol
lars and costs amounting to 1875.
1t is asserted, and we think with
truth, that r. Hanson travels more
miles on business in a year than any
man in Northern Michigan. The
AVALANCHE has given up trying to
tell where or when he goes. He is
too fast for orr gait.
J. NJ. Finn has put cash carrier In
his store which shoots the cash into the
Office with n rush. Miss Owens has
charge of the Office end of the line
and will keep tallpy of the cash re-
ceipts. Who rays that Grayling is not
coming to the 'front.'
Petitions containing names Of 15a
voters were in the hands of Rev Clark
on Tuesday last The petitioners desire
to vote on the question of Local OPP.
ton, or. in other words, county PROFIT.
bition. 200 names are necessary to
call an election. OtSego Co. Ne,cs.
]. Staley, Jr., was called to Tusco.
la county last Saturday, on account of
the serious illness of his father. He
returned Tuesday. leaving him better,
but as he is eighty years of dge, and
feeble, doubts of his recovery are en-
tertained.v
The exercises in connection with
the presentation of gifts to the schol-
airs Of the NJ. E. Sunday School, at
the church last Saturday evening
were unusually interesting. The
singing Of the smaller scholars Under
the direction of Mrs. DIR.